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Macro Toolworks, Professional Edition 8.1.0
Macro Toolworks is powerful all-in-one Windows automation tool. Thanks to its strong built-in macro language (300+ commands) it allows you to eliminate most of your everyday repetitive tasks. The program allows user to create macros working in any Windows application and trigger the macro using hot-key or text shortcut, from custom toolbar, by defined mouse action, at scheduled time or when specific event occurs.
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Sports Rental Calendar 3.3
Sports Rental Calendar is designed for individuals and businesses, operating in the sports rental market. With its help, renters can keep track of rental units and plan to rent out resources, more efficiently than usual. Besides, the program allows creating client database. The program has a handy interface to calculate and show the term of lease, helping you to make decisions quickly.
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Salon Calendar 5.8
Salon Calendar is a modern and extremely easy-in-use software tool for schedule management in companies or for individual use. It offers a number of features for organizing efficient and handy working schedule for masters in hair salons, beauty, manicure or aesthetic shops, tanning salons, fitness studios, wedding salons, fashion shops, beauty centers, plastic and cosmetic surgery clinics, etc. Supports all versions of Microsoft Windows.
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OrgScheduler Pro 6.9
A complete calendar and scheduling system. With OrgScheduler Pro, you can use e-mail or SMS to send appointments, reminders and invitations to colleagues, friends and family members. The program is designed to enable the communication between different scheduling applications. The software simplifies information transmission between different platforms by implementing iCalendar RFC 2445 standard support.
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Medical Calendar 6.0
Medical Calendar is a doctor-oriented scheduler with a handy navigation system. It's highly flexible, allows changing time intervals, creating numerous profiles and viewing multiple schedules at a time.You can also password protect information,create backups and export the schedule to iCal, Outlook, XML, HTML, XLS, TXT formats. Additionally Medical Calendar comes with the feature-rich Print Designer for printing your schedule in a convenient way.
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OrgScheduler 7.9
A universal scheduler for individual/offices/business events.Includes importing from iCal,exporting to iCal/Outlook/Text/Html/PDF/Excel. Different time display options in the day view,multiple look and feel styles, event recurrence control,customizable Date Navigator, Day/Week/Month/Quarter/Year and timeline views,comprehensive reminders-all of this is at your disposal!Also Print Designer system enables to easily design and print elegant reports.
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FBackup free backup software 6.1.180
FBackup is a configurable backup program with an easy to use interface. Performs mirror backups. Has wizards for backup & restore, file filters and internal scheduler. Creates standard zip files or exact copies of files, backs up open files and lets you protect your backed up files using zip passwords. FBackup is free for both personal and commercial use.
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OrgScheduler LAN 7.2
A networking calendar/scheduling system. Calendar management is implemented at two levels: manager and users. The each user maintains his own calendar, and Workgroup manager can manage all calendars. You can even set network alarms to remind the whole office of an important event, like a meeting, in real-time. Each user has a unique label and a caption to display within the calendar. The program will show the complete list of active connections.
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Advanced Task Scheduler Professional 18.104.22.1684
Whether you want to automate anything from maintenance routines to email alerts to file synchronization or remote file transfers, Advanced Task Scheduler Professional provides everything that you need. You can schedule tasks by time or system events or both. It even provides a built-in script interpreter for automating Python or Perl scripts. It offers a far higher degree of functionality than the built-in Windows Task Scheduler.
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Backup4all Professional 6.1.180
Highly configurable backup program with intuitive explorer style interface. Performs full, incremental, differential and mirror backups. Has wizards for backup & restore, powerful file filters and scheduler. Creates standard zips or exact copies of files, spans to multiple disks, keeps track of file versions, has built-in CD/DVD burner, backs up to SFTP/FTP, backs up open files, sends email notifications, command line and AES encryption support.
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Taxi Scheduler 1.5
Taxi Scheduler is an efficient and easy to use Taxi Scheduling Software for taxi drivers. The software is efficient to be used by any taxi, limousine and other chauffeur businesses as it allows ease in management of bookings with a lot of ease. The Taxi Scheduler is an excellent management enabler for scheduling of vehicles for drivers.
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Staff Scheduler Pro 1.7
Software to manage employee information, scheduling and performance. Upon requirement, detail records of revenue and expenditures on any specific date are displayed by this program. The reports produced by those performance appraisal sessions are important for estimation of salary, bonus and commissions to be paid to employees. Employee management becomes an easy task, if Staff Scheduler Pro is utilized by businesses.
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Customer Scheduler Pro 1.7
Contact & Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software. An Exciting Product in CRM Technology. The CRM Pro also has the ability to input emergency contact info, reminders and add miscellaneous notes about your customers. For tracking data wise revenue and expenditure, this soft also have necessary facilities. Thus the businesses can have controls on financial scenario and activities.
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Staff Scheduler for Workgroup 1.7
Employee Management Software. Software to manage employee information, scheduling and performance. This is a more powerful version of Staff Scheduler, with all of the features of the standard version, but with the additional capability to share data in real time over the network.
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Webcam Motion Detector 2.2
Motion detection and webcam monitoring. Video surveillance with multiple IP cams and video capture devices. When an alarm condition is detected, the program can sound an audible alarm, or send you an email with a photo. Automatically capture photos, or record video in compressed files. All settings, such as alerts, photos, and video recordings can be turned on(off) using the built-in scheduler. You can adjust the sensitivity of the detection.
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Advanced Task Scheduler Network 220.127.116.114
Advanced Task Scheduler Network is a Client/Server task scheduler, which allows you to create scheduled tasks on the server and manage them from any computer on the net remotely. Client/Server architecture of this software in addition to all the capabilities of the Professional Edition provides IT departments and professionals with an excellent solution for managing scheduled tasks on a variety of network environments.
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Sports and Fitness Manager for Workgroup 2.9
This is a more powerful version of Sports and Fitness Manager, with all of the features of the standard version, but with the additional capability to share data in real time over the network. t's perfect for coaches, instructors and trainers to plan working hours so that the practice or lessons do not overlap with someone else and keep track of scheduled appointments. It'll store the information about clients and comments.
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Car Wash Calendar for Workgroup 3.5
This is a more powerful version of Car Wash Calendar, with all of the features of the standard version, but with the additional capability to share data in real time over the network. It offers a number of features for organizing efficient and handy working schedule for workers. It'll store the information about clients. Available is an automatic search and auto-field filling for a client, who has already been entered to the database.
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Advanced Task Scheduler 18.104.22.1684
Advanced Task Scheduler is a function rich task scheduler, which allows you to automate all your day-to-day tasks. Launch applications, scripts, shut down your system, establish network connections: everything you could want to automate. It allows you to schedule a whole range of standard tasks, send network and e-mail messages, initiate HTTP and FTP transfers, and much more.
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OrgFinances for Workgroup 2.7
Looking for top-grade home and small-business accounting software? Try OrgFinances For Workgroup by BinaryHouse. This is a more powerful version of OrgFinances, with all of the features of the standard version, but with the additional capability to share data in real time over the network (local area network). Simultaneous management of several budgets is supported, as well as a handy scheduler and a calendar of appointments.
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Travel Agent 2.6
All the necessary information at your fingertips with Travel Agent. A powerful tool featuring a database and a scheduler, the program is a must-have for tour operators. A comprehensive solution, the program allows creating the database of tourists and storing any information on them. No complicated forms to fill out, no restrictions on the format. Handy features and user-friendly interface make the program essential for business management.
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Church Scheduler 2.6
Church Scheduler is a specialized software that assists churches and other religious organizations in organization and automation of daily events. It's perfect for church staff to plan working hours so that the events do not overlap with someone else and keep track of scheduled appointments. It'll store the information about church members. The program gives you a customizable Date Navigator and comprehensive reminder.
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Sports and Fitness Manager 3.0
An easy-to-use database and scheduler. It's perfect for coaches, fitness instructors, aerobics instructors, group exercise instructors, fitness coordinators and trainers to plan working hours so that the practice or lessons do not overlap with someone else and keep track of scheduled appointments. It'll store the information about clients and comments. The program gives you a customizable Date Navigator and comprehensive reminder.
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An easy-to-use database and a scheduler. It's perfect for Live-in, Live out, Full time, Part time and Temporary caregivers to plan working hours so that the orders do not overlap with someone else and keep track of scheduled appointments. It'll store the information about clients, such as their address, medical info, food allergy notes, personal notes, comments. The program gives you a customizable Date Navigator and comprehensive reminder.
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Enough politics and protests.
Sun is shining.
Great time to stop and enjoy the flowers.
שבת שלום
This summer
Jerusalem streets in the city center are covered
with displays from various countries,
with this Brazilian flag being one of the most popular.
Prince of de Ligne of Belgium,
told RJS that his wife is from Brazil.
Brazil seemed to be everywhere last week.
The 2016 Olympics are to be held in Rio, Brazil,
from August 5-21.
Reuven Rivlin hosted a Presidential send off
at Beit Hanasi, the official residence.
The Ambassador from Brazil attended along with
members of the Israeli Olympic Teams.
The participants in the 2016 Paralympic Games
to be held in Rio from September 7-18
were also honored at the event.
Dignitaries posed and smiled around
Sports Minister Miri Regev.
The largest teams in Israel's history are heading to Rio.
Each athlete has an impressive story to tell
of dedication and training to reach their goal.
Audience members rise when the President enters,
but not the Paralympic athletes confined to wheelchairs.
One woman had a special smile,
her look was beautiful, thoughtful, determined.
I wondered what her story was.
After the event I found out.
Pascale Bercovitch, at age 17, was living in France.
She slipped on ice rushing to school to take an exam
and a train ran over her, severing both her legs.
However, she made aliyah,
volunteered in the army,
married and started a family.
48 Israeli Olympic athletes are competing
in various sports in Rio 2016.
Pascale Bercovitch,
is competing in her third Paralympic games,
in her third sport, kayaking.
If that is not enough for a double amputee,
she was 40 years old at her first Paralympics Games.
Each athlete has an impressive story.
Each Para-athlete has a story.
I had wondered about the woman,
with a radiant face and huge smile,
but never could I have imagined such a story.
Her positive attitude shows us how one
can succeed in Olympic proportions.
All the best to to Pascale,
and all the other athletes off to Brazil.
Summer time in Jerusalem,
and for over 30 years,
the Jerusalem Film Festival
has screened thousands of films.
This year for the first time
there are films being shown in Gan Haatzmaut,
Independence Park, in the Wilf Garden.
Security was so strict,
this is as close as I could get without buying a ticket.
But the main events are usually
shown at the Cinematheque,
where finally for the first time
disabled movie goers can access without steps,
using this newly-built elevator.
I think it is worth going just for the view.
However, the opening night of the festival,
was held in the Sultan's Pool.
Even the Tower of David, not so far away,
is dwarfed by the size of this outdoor screen.
Minister of Sports and Culture Miri Regev,
was one of the speakers.
Special guest movie director and film star,
Quentin Tarantino received a special award
from Mayor Nir Barkat before the film.
The star of the movie, Emma Suraez,
was on stage to accept flowers.
But as much as there were numerous Tarantino spottings,
I assume Emma could go around Jerusalem without being noticed.
Also on the same night,
Israeli singer Idan Raichel received a special honor
by the B'nai Brith World Center,
in recognition of advancing Israeli-Diaspora relations.
I have seen him surrounded by screaming fans,
anxious to get close enough to take a selfie,
but when Idan entered the hall,
I was the only one who came over.
At least after he was presented with his certificate,
there was more notice.
Different crowds, different reactions.
Miri Regev was booed during her speech
at the Sultan's Pool by some of the audience.
But three days later,
at the Jerusalem Theater
for the official ceremony remembering
Miri Regev sat in the front row with the dignitaries.
When the program was over
she was surrounded by well wishers
who wanted to be in photos with her.
As the emotional and well-done program
neared the end,
I thought I saw the Prime Minister,
glance at his watch.
The Foreign Minister of Egypt was on his way
to have dinner with the Netanyahus.
While for some this week,
nothing could be bigger than the Euro 2016 football (soccer)
on the television.
There are free movies shown at night,
at First Station and in the Old City,
as the Film Festival comes to a close.
Maybe it's me,
but just going for the view of the
Walls of the Old City at sunset is wonderful to see.
When was the last time you walked
through the Jerusalem, Israel streets?
Bigger than life,
former Prime Ministers Ben-Gurion and Golda Meir
tower over King George Street.
Behind these decorated tarps,
the old Knesset Building is getting a make-over.
Until two years ago it housed the Rabbinical Courts,
now it is to become a new Knesset Museum.
Across the street,
the Old Mashbir is also getting a total make-over,
and will be the new WeWork office space.
The colors pop out when you turn
to go up Ben Yehuda Street,
not exactly coming up daisies.
But with sunflowers and babushkas.
plus, colored banners
providing shade on Histadrut Street.
Bright Oriental lanterns and a dragon
hover over
Ben Yehuda and Ben Hillel Streets.
Mexican sombreros,
are the next great photo op,
followed by even more color around the next corner.
Yaffo Road has the light rail lines,
so no overhead decorations there.
Tourists are around,
but not in the numbers the shops would like.
If you keep walking.
over to Yoel Salomon Street,
you will find new umbrellas for summer shade.
Pink flowers,
cover Shim'on Ben Shetach Street.
While nearby, the Gan Haaztzmaut,
Independence Park, is green.
The grounds are mowed and getting ready for
special new children's program added this year to
the Jerusalem Film Festival.
With so many new colors on the Jerusalem, Israel streets,
when are you coming to see them?
Have you found your DNA?
Last week in Jerusalem, Israel,
the Genesis Prize and Jerusalem Opera
were the topics of the headlines.
Violinist Itzhak Perlman,
who overcame serious disabilities
to succeed as a master musician,
received the Genesis Prize.
Individuals can make beautiful music,
dance and spin like top,
or sing on an opera stage.
This week at a Temech Conference,
for hundreds of Israeli female entrepreneurs,
Rabbi Yitzhak Breitowitz inspired with words
of Torah and Jewish values.
Emma Butin followed in opening plenary session.
She asked, "What is the one main value you offer?"
What is your DNA?
Waze offered social mapping.
Airbnb used professional photos.
FedEX had overnight service.
Google found its DNA arranging information.
They made billions of dollars.
Keep it simple.
No big words, she advised.
Hundreds of women met, talked,
and networked at the Ramada Hotel all day.
Looking to Grow Big, Grow Smart,
and advance their businesses and services.
Growth may not lead to billions or millions of dollars,
but thousands of families will benefit.
What is your DNA?
Have you thought about your core value?
How many have found their genius?

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I think snv will dip 3-4 points based on valuation, then I will reverse the short and go long on it.
For info on Universal Card/Citicorp, check message #22 on the TSS message board
I hv a concern re. TSS business with the purchaser of the ATT Universal Card....whether it will be lost, as it is about 20% of TSS business. Anyone hv any info on what may happen?
Check out their website at http://www.totalsystem.com/.
I think that TSS is a very exciting company in the dull field of credit card processing. It contributes 20-25% of SNV's income. TSS expect to go from 3000 employees now to 5000 by 2000. Also their new software(TS2) is year 2000 compliant. Short sellers have been blasting TSS stock this year. A short squeeze could occur.
Another recognition for this fine company - named # 11 on Fortunes 100 Best Places to Work in America (refer www.synovus.com ). This goes with the recent inclusion on the S&P 500 index. Both are indicators of a well run, stable organization.
I'm in for the long haul - why not at 30% returns year in and year out!
Hey rchakrav, you might be right and I am glad you know this is a stock you should probably be long in. However, don't you
think you would have more fun shorting a hubris ridden butt-head like Larry Ellison. Blanchard is the antithesis of Larry Ellison
and I like the particular brand of magic Synovus continues to weave in the market. By the way, you could have made a killing on
old Larry recently. Synovus is solid and I mean solid as any company in the world period. Reverse field and go long, you won't
regret it. Of course it won't bother me if SNV dips a few points to help you out I am up so much over the past 10 years here that I
can wait a little dip out anytime to keep getting approximately 30% returns a year. Good luck, but I think you ought to short
somebody full of hubris like Ellison, they ususally deliver like the old saying goes "Hubris comes before a fall".
Why should anyone short this company? Even if he or she does, the amount is not going to have any impact anyway. Why not hold on to this fine company for a long term and forget about those who are market timers, charts lovers and everything else in between.
It is far better to do research and view stocks as a part of a business. Instead of get in and out, hoping for a quick buck.
A long term investor (who does his or her homework) will have far more than those who think that they can be profited by
trading their stocks actively. Those who know this company will hold on to their shares, very much like an owner of a well managed
company. Those who think they can outsmart the "market" will not profit much from their trades, even any profit at all will be spent
on tax and commission. I am holding on to this fine company for many years to come. It's a good company.
I couldn't agree with you more. SNV and TSS are keepers. Have made me some nice capital gains since '92.
It is interesting if you read the message boards of day traders you see where they are covering their behind with one stock because they are not making money on all their trades. I am a turtle not a hare. Love the long term prospects of a good company!


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Symantec Is A Value Trap
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Symantec's Renaissance Is On The Way
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Symantec: With Activists And PE Firms Calling, The Time To Buy Is At Hand
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Symantec Is A Value Trap
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Paulo Santos • 19 Comments
Feb. 5, 2015, 7:04 PM
- Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) expects FQ4 revenue of $1.525B-$1.585B and EPS of $0.42-$0.45, below a consensus of $1.63B and $0.49. Forex is expected to have a $95M impact on revenue, and a $0.06 impact on EPS.
- Along with its FQ3 numbers, Symantec has launched a new $1B buyback, good for repurchasing over 5% of shares at current levels. Symantec spent $375M on buybacks over the first 9 months of FY15 through its prior program, which had $283M remaining as of Jan. 2.
- License revenue rose 15% Y/Y in FQ3 to $226M, but content, maintenance, & subscription revenue fell 6% to $1.41B. Consumer security revenue was a weak point, falling 11% Y/Y to $461M amid tough competition from Intel (McAfee) and others. Enterprise security fell 4% to $509M (competition is also intense here), and information management (storage software, set to be spun off) rose 1% to $688M.
- Forex had a 4% impact on each segment's growth, and led total international revenue to fall 8%. U.S. revenue rose 1%.
- The deferred revenue balance fell by 4% Y/Y to $3.49B. Thanks to job cuts and forex, operating expenses only rose 1% to $1.03B.
- SYMC -1.8% AH. FQ3 results, PR.
Feb. 5, 2015, 4:52 PM
- Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) declares $0.15/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous.
- Forward yield 2.31%
- Payable March 18; for shareholders of record Feb. 26; ex-div Feb. 24.
Feb. 5, 2015, 4:05 PM
- Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC): FQ3 EPS of $0.53 beats by $0.04.
- Revenue of $1.63B (-4.1% Y/Y) misses by $40M.
Jan. 29, 2015, 1:21 PM
- What's old is new again: Ten years after merging with storage management software leader Veritas, Symantec (SYMC -0.8%) has decided its storage software ops will go under the Veritas name after being spun off from the company's security software/service ops.
- Symantec adds the businesses that will (again) be known as Veritas had FY14 (ended March. '14) revenue of $2.5B (37% of Symantec's total revenue). FY15's FQ4 results are due on Feb. 5.
Jan. 13, 2015, 12:38 AM
- Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) is hiring 65 engineers and data scientists, and is licensing IP, from Boeing's (NYSE:BA) Narus cybersecurity analytics software unit. Terms are undisclosed.
- Narus' technology relies on algorithms and data fusion techniques to analyze large volumes of Web traffic, and filter suspect material. The company was the subject of a 2006 class-action suit alleging AT&T used its products to support the NSA's warrantless wiretap program.
- The purchase comes as corporate interest in cybersecurity continues to surge in response to high-profile breaches - Pres. Obama will outline his cybersecurity proposals later this week - and as Symantec tries to better compete against a slew of smaller, faster-growing security tech firms offering some mixture of hardware, software, and services to protect against external threats.
Jan. 5, 2015, 1:37 PM
- Symantec's (SYMC -0.8%) FQ3 report will be posted after the close on Thursday, February 5. A CC will be held at 5PM ET (webcast on IR site).
- Consensus is for revenue of $1.67B (-1.8% Y/Y), and EPS of $0.49. Symantec, which remains set to split its security and storage software ops by year's end, provided below-consensus FQ3 and FY15 revenue guidance in November. EPS guidance was a little healthier.
Nov. 24, 2014, 3:43 PM
- Twenty-two spinoffs have been completed in 2014, the most in a decade, and another 28 have been announced. Among the catalysts are activist investors, so Credit Suisse screened for companies with multiple business segments, slow growth, and stocks trading for lower multiples than peers, in other words, "good, quality companies that are struggling to grow."
- The list is heavy on big media names like Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) and Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ:FOXA), big tech like Oracle (NYSE:ORCL), Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC), and IBM, and big industry like Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE:IR), and Raytheon (NYSE:RTN), but just two financial names - Travelers (NYSE:TRV) and Torchmark (NYSE:TMK).
- The rest: MO, CA, WU, DPS, PBI, SJM, HRS, SWK, EMR, WLP, MAT, GE, SNA, LLL, ITW, STJ, PDCO, HPQ, DLPH, HAS, NAVI, GME, CBS, JNJ, SLB.
Nov. 13, 2014, 5:21 PM
- Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) COO Stephen Gillett is "no longer serving in such capacity as of November 13, 2014 as a result of the elimination of the Chief Operating Officer role from the Company's organizational structure." He's expected to remain with Symantec during a transitional period. (8-K)
- The move comes ahead of Symantec's breakup into security and storage software firms, and fits with a broader corporate trend towards removing the COO position.
Nov. 6, 2014, 3:42 PM
- "As a result of restructuring, we expect headcount reductions of approximately 10%," Symantec (SYMC -0.5%) disclosed on its FQ2 CC (transcript). The company expects to record $100M-$120M in restructuring charges, about half of which will be recorded in FY15 (ends March '15).
- Symantec also expects to record "separation costs" of $80M-$100M over the next five quarters related to its planned breakup.
- The company already carried out a string of job cuts under the departed Steve Bennett. Opex was down 3% Y/Y in FQ2 to $894M.
- Shares are off slightly post-earnings, after having gone into the report near a 52-week high of $25.35. Ahead of the breakup, Symantec's security software/services units saw revenue collectively fall 4% Y/Y in FQ2 to $996M, and its storage software/services unit saw revenue rise 3% to $621M.
- FQ2 results, guidance, PR
Nov. 5, 2014, 5:36 PM
- Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) expects FQ3 revenue of $1.65B-$1.69B and EPS of $0.47-$0.50 vs. a consensus of $1.7B and $0.50.
- FY15 guidance is for revenue of $6.6B-$$6.68B and EPS of $1.88-$1.93 vs. a consensus of $6.71B and $1.88.
- SYMC -0.3% AH. FQ2 results, PR
Nov. 5, 2014, 4:03 PM
- Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC): FQ2 EPS of $0.48 beats by $0.05.
- Revenue of $1.62B (-1.2% Y/Y) in-line.
- Shares +0.14%.
Oct. 10, 2014, 3:31 PM
- While calling Symantec's (NASDAQ:SYMC) decision to split its security and storage software ops into separate companies "an important step in fundamentally fixing the company," Morgan Stanley's Keith Weiss (Underweight) also thinks it increases near-term execution risk.
- Weiss: "While Symantec needs to expend significant energy and focus on fixing the structure of the company, integrating existing technologies and increasing its pace of innovation, the markets it addresses are rapidly evolving."
- Raymond James' Michael Turtis is more positive, upping shares to Outperform. While agreeing execution risks (along with strategic business risks) are high, he values Symantec at $25/share on a sum-of-the-parts basis if its units remain publicly traded, and $28/share if the storage unit becomes an acquisition target.
- Credit Suisse's Phil Winslow (Outperform) believes at least two potential suitors could exist for Symantec's storage software ops, and suspects the business could fetch $9B (still 21% less than Veritas' enterprise value at the time of the merger).
- Ratings agencies have put Symantec's debt on review for downgrade. They did the same for H-P following its split announcement.
- Shares have dived towards $22 on a day the Nasdaq is down 1.9%.
Oct. 9, 2014, 4:40 PM
- After coming off a halt, Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) is moderately higher in response to news it's breaking up its security and storage software ops into separate companies.
Oct. 9, 2014, 4:11 PM
- Confirming a recent Bloomberg report, Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) announces it's splitting in two. One company, which will remain known as Symantec, will offer security software/services, and the other will offer storage management software/services.
- Michael Brown and Thomas Seifert will respectively remain the CEO and CFO of the security business. John Gannon, formerly Quantum's COO and the head of H-P's commercial PC ops, will run the storage business.
- The split will be structured as a tax-free spinoff to shareholders, and is expected to be finished by the end of 2015.
- The security ops had FY14 (ended March '14) revenue of $4.2B, and the storage ops revenue of $2.5B. Security claims an even larger share of Symantec's current op. profit.
- Symantec has used the occasion to reiterate its FQ2 guidance. Earnings are due on Nov. 5.
- Shares are halted.
Oct. 8, 2014, 10:35 AM
- After opening up 3.1% in response to Bloomberg's report about a potential breakup, Symantec (SYMC +1.2%) has quickly pared its gains.
- H-P can sympathize: The IT giant's shares jumped on Monday following the company's breakup announcement, but gave back virtually all of its gains on Tuesday.
Oct. 8, 2014, 12:42 AM
- Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) might be about to follow in eBay and H-P's footsteps: Bloomberg reports the company is in "advanced talks" to split its security and storage software ops, and that an announcement may happen within a few weeks.
- A source adds the post-breakup companies could draw M&A interest, given firms such as EMC and H-P have shown interest in one half or the other.
- Symantec's two security software units - one is focused on enterprise security, and the other on PC/mobile security - respectively grew 3% and 1% Y/Y in calendar Q2, while its storage software unit grew 1%. The security units accounted for 63% of revenue and 80% of segment op. profit.
- Both the security and storage ops have been seeing tough competition from a mixture of IT giants (EMC, IBM, Intel/McAfee) and hungry upstarts (CommVault, Veeam, Proofpoint, FireEye), something that may have led Michael Brown (just named permanent CEO) to decide each business would be more agile/competitive as a separately-managed entity.
- A split would effectively undo Symantec's 2005 merger with Veritas. Symantec currently trades below where it did prior to the Dec. 2004 merger announcement.
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The present invention relates generally to an implantable cardiac stimulation device capable of providing rate-responsive stimulation according to multiple sensor signals and, in particular, to a method for monitoring discrepancies that occur between individual sensor indicated rates.
In the normal human heart, the sinus node, generally located near the junction of the superior vena cava and the right atrium, constitutes the primary natural pacemaker initiating rhythmic electrical excitation of the cardiac chambers. The cardiac impulse arising from the sinus node is transmitted to the two atrial chambers, causing a depolarization known as a P-wave and the resulting atrial chamber contractions. The excitation pulse is further transmitted to and through the ventricles, via the atrioventricular (A-V) node and a ventricular conduction system, causing a depolarization known as an R-wave and the resulting ventricular chamber contractions.
Disruption of this natural pacemaking and conduction system as a result of aging or disease can be successfully treated by artificial cardiac pacing using implantable cardiac stimulation devices, including pacemakers and implantable defibrillators, which deliver rhythmic electrical pulses or anti-arrhythmia therapies to the heart at a desired energy and rate.
A cardiac stimulation device is electrically coupled to the heart by one or more leads possessing one or more electrodes in contact with the heart muscle tissue (myocardium). One or more heart chambers may be electrically stimulated depending on the location and severity of the conduction disorder.
Early pacemakers delivered stimulation pulses to the heart at a fixed rate. Fixed rate pacing, however, is not physiological in that periods of increased activity or metabolic demand are not accompanied by the normal physiological rise in heart rate. Rate-responsive pacemakers were, therefore, introduced. Rate-responsive pacemakers employ sensors that indicate changes in physical activity or metabolic demand.
One commonly used sensor is an accelerometer that is positioned within the housing of the stimulation device that is implanted within the patient's body. As the patient becomes more active, the accelerometer measures the resulting acceleration and provides an activity signal that is indicative of the increased acceleration experienced by the patient.
Activity sensors of this type are generally thought to provide a good indication of the metabolic demand of the patient for newly initiated, brisk, low-level activity. In other words, when the patient initiates a new brisk, low-level activity, such as walking and the like, the accelerometer in the activity sensor provides a good indication of the sudden increase in the level of activity of the patient which generally results in heightened metabolic demand requiring the heart to deliver more oxygenated blood.
While activity sensors of this type are adequate for providing an indication of the onset of brisk, low-level activity, these sensors have several shortcomings. For example, the signal that is often provided by such activity sensors becomes blunted when the patient is engaged in high exertion exercise. In other words, when the patient is heavily engaged in a particular physical activity, the activity signal may not provide a sufficient indication to the control unit of the need for more oxygenated blood as a result of the increased activity. As an illustration, the output signal from a typical activity signal can be inaccurate for assessing the patient's actual metabolic need when the patient is performing an action like carrying a heavy object.
The degree of acceleration detected by the activity sensor is likely to correspond to a perceived low metabolic demand activity, such as walking, and would not account for the increase in metabolic demand as a result of carrying the heavy object. Moreover, acceleration-based activity sensors are also subject to providing false readings as a result of the patient experiencing accelerations that are unrelated to physical activity, such as, for example, the patient traveling on a bumpy road in a vehicle.
Other types of physiologic sensors may be used to provide an indication of metabolic demand. One common type of physiologic sensor is a minute ventilation sensor that measures the respiration rate and tidal volume of the patient's respiration. Respiration is normally related to metabolic demand. Therefore, the rate at which a patient is breathing and the volume of air being breathed is normally indicative of the metabolic demand of the patient.
One typical way of obtaining a minute ventilation signal is to periodically measure the transthoracic impedance between a lead implanted within the patient's heart and an indifferent electrode, such as the housing of the implanted stimulation device. As the transthoracic impedance is proportional to the chest volume, measuring this particular impedance value provides an indication as to the degree to which the patient's chest is expanding and contracting and the rate at which such expansion and contraction is occurring. The greater the patient's breathing rate and the greater the tidal volume of the breaths, the more likely it is that the patient has a heightened need for delivery of oxygenated blood by the heart.
While physiologic sensors, such as minute ventilation sensors, provide a strong indication of the metabolic demand of the patient, these sensors also have several disadvantages for use in determining the needed cardiac stimulation rate. In particular, the values provided by these sensors often lag in time behind the actual metabolic demand of the patient. Consequently, these sensors are typically not particularly well suited for providing the sole indication of the actual metabolic demand of the patient when the patient is initiating or ceasing physical exertion.
To address the problems associated with both of these types of sensors, rate responsive pacing systems have been developed which utilize the signals from two or more types of sensors to determine a desired heart stimulation rate.
One goal of dual or multi-sensor rate response devices is to provide the most normal sinus response to changes in activity and metabolic demand possible by determining the rate response based on two or more sensor indicated rates. Differences in sensor indicated rates do exist due to different response times of the sensors or different sensitivities to a particular form of activity or exertion. Therefore, algorithms for determining a stimulation rate adjustment based on two or more sensors may include assigning various weighting factors to received sensor signals or applying different processing parameters to sensor signals (e.g., filtering).
Differences between sensor indicated rates (or sensor levels) provided by multiple sensors may also arise when an abnormal patient condition exists. For example, Cheyne-Stokes respiration, which is the waxing and waning of breathing, is known to occur and gradually worsen in heart failure patients. During Cheyne-Stokes respiration, a minute ventilation sensor will sense a high minute ventilation, even during rest, followed by a period of very low minute ventilation. The high minute ventilation during an episode of Cheyne-Stokes respiration would falsely indicate a high metabolic need and therefore an unnecessarily high sensor indicated rate. Thus, a minute ventilation sensor may be reflecting periods when respiration is abnormal rather than when an actual change in metabolic demand occurs.
A discrepancy between individual sensor indicated rates (or sensor levels) may arise when one sensor is functioning abnormally, e.g., responding to extraneous noise, or when the sensor indicated rate calculations are programmed to be either too sensitive or too insensitive to sensor signal changes. When programmed optimally, the sensor indicated rate used to adjust stimulation rate will be determined from each sensor some of the time.
If the rate is adjusted in response to one sensor, all or a majority of the time, the benefit of dual or multi-sensor rate determination may be lost. One sensor may be programmed such that the sensor indicated rate is too sensitive to sensor signal changes, or another sensor may be programmed such that the sensor indicated rate is not sensitive enough to sensor signal changes.
It would be desirable to provide a cardiac stimulation system and method for monitoring sensor indicated rate discrepancies such that the frequency and probable cause of such discrepancies can be understood. Such monitoring would allow abnormal patient conditions to be tracked or adjustments to operating parameters controlling the rate response based on sensor indicated rates to be optimized.
To this end, a method is needed for detecting discrepancies in sensor indicated rates and recording the occurrence of such discrepancies. It is also desirable, in a dual or multi-sensor, rate-responsive stimulation device, to provide a method for documenting sensor indicated rate differences so that the programming of operating parameters used in calculating sensor indicated rates can be optimized.
The present invention addresses these needs by providing an implantable cardiac stimulation device capable of monitoring and storing discrepancies in sensor indicated rates determined from two or more sensors generating signals related to metabolic demand. One feature included in the present invention is a sensor cross-check record that stores the time, duration, and sensor indicated rates whenever individual sensor indicated rates differ by more than a discrepancy threshold. This record allows a clinician to monitor an abnormal patient condition, and to determine if a sensor is not functioning properly or is programmed sub-optimally.
Another feature of the present invention is a sensor cross-check histogram in which sensor indicated rate differences are stored. Histogram data aids the clinician in selecting programmable operating parameters that control the calculation of sensor indicated rates and the rate response of the cardiac stimulation device.
The foregoing and other features of the present invention are realized by providing an implantable cardiac stimulation device equipped with data acquisition capabilities and two or more sensors that provide a signal related to metabolic demand. In a preferred embodiment, the stimulation device includes a control system for controlling the operation of the device and for receiving sensor signals and calculating a signal indicated rate based on these received signals. The control system controls the rate of stimulation pulse delivery to the heart and is able to adjust the stimulation rate according the calculated sensor indicated rates so that the metabolic needs of the patient are met.
The stimulation device further includes a set of leads for receiving cardiac signals and for delivering atrial and ventricular stimulation pulses; a set of sensing circuits comprised of sense amplifiers for sensing and amplifying the cardiac signals; a sampler, such as an A/D converter for sampling cardiac signals; and pulse generators for generating atrial and ventricular stimulation pulses.
In addition, the stimulation device includes memory for storing data acquired during monitoring functions and operational parameters for the control system, such as stimulation parameter settings and timing intervals. The device also includes a telemetry circuit for communicating with an external device so that operational parameters may be non-invasively programmed and stored data may be downloaded and displayed.
When operating according to a preferred embodiment, a record of discrepancies between individual sensor indicated rates is stored in a sensor cross-check record in the device memory for later downloading and display. A threshold difference between individual sensor indicated rates is predefined and can be a user-programmed value or a calculated value relative to the base stimulation rate and the maximum allowed sensor rate.
Whenever the difference between individual sensor indicated rates exceeds the threshold difference, referred to as the "discrepancy threshold," the time and duration of the discrepancy and the individual sensor indicated rates are stored in the device memory. Data may be stored in a circular memory such that a given number of the most recent discrepancy events are stored. The data stored in the sensor cross-check record may be downloaded to an external device and displayed for analysis by a clinician.
In one embodiment, the discrepancy of sensor indicated rates, the time at which the discrepancy occurred, and the duration of the discrepancy may also be used by the stimulation device to determine the appropriate stimulation rate response taken by the control system. Based on the discrepancy data, the stimulation rate may not be adjusted at all or the stimulation rate may be adjusted according to one sensor indicated rate determined to be the most reliable indicator of the patient's metabolic need at that time.
The sensor cross-check record may operate independently or in combination with a sensor cross-check histogram, which documents the frequency of differences in individual sensor indicated rates. The sensor cross-check histogram operates by first assigning a set of histogram bins to each sensor. Each bin within a set of histogram bins is assigned to a rate difference. Whenever a difference in individual sensor indicated rates is detected, the value stored in the histogram bin assigned to the sensor indicating the greatest rate and corresponding to the detected rate difference is increased by one.
The histogram data may be downloaded to an external device and displayed for analysis by a clinician. If the frequency of sensor indicated rate differences is evenly distributed between the sensors and approximates a normal distribution around a difference of zero, the sensors are most likely functioning properly and programmed sufficiently.
However, if one sensor is frequently indicating a greater rate than the other sensor, the parameters controlling the sensor-indicated rate determinations are probably not programmed in an optimal fashion. The histogram information aids the clinician in programming the operating parameters more appropriately. Other abnormalities, such as an abnormal patient condition or malfunction of a sensor, may also be identified by observing a histogram of the sensor-indicated rate differences.
The present invention thus provides a device and method for monitoring the discrepancies that occur between sensor indicated rates in dual or multi-sensor rate responsive cardiac stimulation devices. Such monitoring will aid clinicians and researchers in understanding why and when deviations in sensor behavior occur. Such monitoring further allows abnormal patient conditions to be tracked, and the programming of the rate response to sensor signals to be optimized, either automatically or manually.
The various features of the present invention and the manner of attaining them will be described in greater detail with reference to the following description, claims, and drawings, wherein reference numerals are reused, where appropriate, to indicate a correspondence between the referenced items, and wherein:
The following description is of a best mode presently contemplated for practicing the invention. This description is not to be taken in a limiting sense but is made merely for the purpose of describing the general principles of the invention. In the description of the invention that follows, like numerals or reference designators will be used to refer to like parts or elements throughout.
The present invention is directed at monitoring discrepancies between individual sensor indicated rates (or sensor levels) in a dual or multi-sensor rate responsive cardiac stimulation device. A cardiac stimulation device possessing rate responsive capabilities will thus be described in conjunction with
To sense the left atrial and ventricular cardiac signals and to provide left-chamber stimulation therapy, the stimulation device 10 is coupled to a "coronary sinus" lead 24 designed for placement in the "coronary sinus region" via the coronary sinus ostium so as to place a distal electrode adjacent to the left ventricle and additional electrode(s) adjacent to the left atrium. As used herein, the phrase "coronary sinus region" refers to the venous vasculature of the left ventricle, including any portion of the coronary sinus, great cardiac vein, left marginal vein, left posterior ventricular vein, middle cardiac vein, and/or small cardiac vein or any other cardiac vein accessible by the coronary sinus.
Accordingly, the coronary sinus lead 24 is designed to receive atrial and ventricular cardiac signals and to deliver left ventricular pacing therapy using: at least a left ventricular tip electrode 26 for unipolar configurations or in combination with left ventricular ring electrode 25 for bipolar configurations; left atrial pacing therapy using at least a left atrial ring electrode 27, and shocking therapy using at least a left atrial coil electrode 28.
The stimulation device 10 is also shown in electrical communication with the patient's heart 12 by way of an implantable right ventricular lead 30 having, in this embodiment, a right ventricular tip electrode 32, a right ventricular ring electrode 34, a right ventricular (RV) coil electrode 36, and a superior vena cava (SVC) coil electrode 38. Typically, the right ventricular lead 30 is transvenously inserted into the heart 12 so as to place the right ventricular tip electrode 32 in the right ventricular apex so that the RV coil electrode 36 will be positioned in the right ventricle and the SVC coil electrode 38 will be positioned in the right atrium and/or superior vena cava. Accordingly, the right ventricular lead 30 is capable of receiving cardiac signals, and delivering stimulation in the form of pacing and shock therapy to the right ventricle.
The stimulation device 10 includes a housing 40 which is often referred to as "can," "case," or "case electrode," and which may be programmably selected to act as the return electrode for all "unipolar" modes. The housing 40 may further be used as a return electrode alone or in combination with one or more of the coil electrodes 28, 36, or 38, for defibrillation shocking purposes. The stimulation device 10 further includes a connector having a plurality of terminals 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 52, 54, 56, and 58 (shown schematically and, for convenience, the names of the electrodes to which they are connected are shown next to the corresponding terminals). As such, to achieve right atrial sensing and stimulation, the connector includes at least a right atrial tip terminal (AR TIP) 42 adapted for connection to the atrial tip electrode 22. The connector may also include a right atrial ring terminal (AR RING) 43 for connection to the right atrial ring electrode 23.
To achieve left chamber sensing, pacing, and shocking, the connector includes at least a left ventricular tip terminal (VL TIP) 44, a left ventricular ring terminal (VL RING) 45, a left atrial ring terminal (AL RING) 46, and a left atrial shocking coil terminal (AL COIL) 48, which are adapted for connection to the left ventricular tip electrode 26, the left ventricular ring electrode 25, the left atrial ring electrode 27, and the left atrial coil electrode 28, respectively.
To support right ventricular sensing, pacing and shocking, the connector further includes a right ventricular tip terminal (VR TIP) 52, a right ventricular ring terminal (VR RING) 54, a right ventricular shocking coil terminal (RV COIL) 56, and an SVC shocking coil terminal (SVC COIL) 58, which are adapted for connection to the right ventricular tip electrode 32, right ventricular ring electrode 34, the RV coil electrode 36, and the SVC coil electrode 38, respectively.
At the core of the stimulation device 10 is a programmable microcontroller 60 that controls the various modes of stimulation therapy. The microcontroller 60 typically includes a microprocessor, or equivalent control circuitry, designed specifically for controlling the delivery of stimulation therapy, and may further include RAM or ROM memory, logic and timing circuitry, state machine circuitry, and I/O circuitry. Typically, the microcontroller 60 includes the ability to process or monitor input signals (data) as controlled by a program code stored in a designated block of memory. Any suitable microcontroller 60 may be used that carries out the functions described herein.
The microcontroller 60 further includes timing control circuitry 79 which is used to control the timing of such stimulation pulses (e.g., pacing rate, atrio-ventricular (AV) delay, atrial interconduction (A—A) delay, or ventricular interconduction (V—V) delay, etc.), as well as to keep track of the timing of refractory periods, noise detection windows, evoked response windows, alert intervals, marker channel timing, etc.
The switch 74 includes a plurality of switches for connecting the desired electrodes to the appropriate I/O circuits, thereby providing complete electrode programmability. Accordingly, the switch 74, in response to a control signal 80 from the microcontroller 60, determines the polarity of the stimulation pulses (e.g., unipolar, bipolar, cross-chamber, etc.) by selectively closing the appropriate combination of switches. Atrial sensing circuits 82 and ventricular sensing circuits 84 may also be selectively coupled to the right atrial lead 20, coronary sinus lead 24, and the right ventricular lead 30, through the switch 74, for detecting the presence of cardiac activity in each of the four chambers of the heart. Accordingly, the atrial and ventricular sensing circuits 82 and 84 may include dedicated sense amplifiers, multiplexed amplifiers, or shared amplifiers. The switch 74 determines the "sensing polarity" of the cardiac signal by selectively closing the appropriate switches. In this way, the clinician may program the sensing polarity independent of the stimulation polarity.
Each of the atrial sensing circuit 82 or the ventricular sensing circuit 84 preferably employs one or more low power, precision amplifiers with programmable gain and automatic gain or sensitivity control, bandpass filtering, and a threshold detection circuit, to selectively sense the cardiac signal of interest. The automatic sensitivity control enables the stimulation device 10 to deal effectively with the difficult problem of sensing the low amplitude signal characteristics of atrial or ventricular fibrillation. The outputs of the atrial and ventricular sensing circuits 82 and 84 are connected to the microcontroller 60 for triggering or inhibiting the atrial and ventricular pulse generators 70 and 72, respectively, in a demand fashion, in response to the absence or presence of cardiac activity, respectively, in the appropriate chambers of the heart. The atrial and ventricular sensing circuits 82 and 84, in turn, receive control signals over signal lines 86 and 88 from the microcontroller 60, for controlling the gain, threshold, polarization charge removal circuitry, and the timing of any blocking circuitry coupled to the inputs of the atrial and ventricular sensing circuits 82 and 84.
For arrhythmia detection, the stimulation device 10 includes an arrhythmia detector 77 that utilizes the atrial and ventricular sensing circuits 82 and 84 to sense cardiac signals, for determining whether a rhythm is physiologic or pathologic. As used herein "sensing" refers to the process of noting an electrical signal. "Detection" refers to the step of confirming that the sensed electrical signal as the signal being sought by the detector. As an example, "detection" applies to the detection of both proper rhythms (i.e., "R wave" or "R wave") as well as improper disrhythmias including arrhythmia and bradycardia (e.g., detection of the absence of a proper rhythm).
The timing intervals between sensed events (e.g., P-waves, R-waves, and depolarization signals associated with fibrillation which are sometimes referred to as "F-waves" or "Fib-waves") are then classified by the arrhythmia detector 77 by comparing them to a predefined rate zone limit (e.g., bradycardia, normal, low rate ventricular tachycardia, high rate ventricular tachycardia, and fibrillation rate zones) and various other characteristics (e.g., sudden onset, stability, physiologic sensors, and morphology, etc.), in order to determine the type of remedial therapy that is needed (e.g., bradycardia pacing, anti-tachycardia stimulation, cardioversion shocks or defibrillation shocks, collectively referred to as "tiered therapy").
Cardiac signals are also applied to the inputs of a data acquisition system 90, which is depicted as an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter for simplicity of illustration. The data acquisition system 90 is configured to acquire intracardiac electrogram (EGM) signals, convert the raw analog data into digital signals, and store the digital signals for later processing and/or telemetric transmission to an external device 102. The data acquisition system 90 is coupled to the right atrial lead 20, the coronary sinus lead 24, and the right ventricular lead 30 through the switch 74 to sample cardiac signals across any pair of desired electrodes.
Advantageously, the data acquisition system 90 may be coupled to the microcontroller 60 or another detection circuitry, for detecting an evoked response from the heart 12 in response to an applied stimulus, thereby aiding in the detection of "capture." In the embodiment shown in
Capture detection may occur on a beat-by-beat basis or on a sampled basis. When loss of capture is detected, a safety, back-up pulse is delivered shortly after the primary pulse in order to prevent asystole. Preferably, a capture threshold search is then performed in order to re-determine the threshold and appropriately adjust the stimulation pulse output. A capture threshold search may also be performed on a periodic basis, preferably once a day during at least the acute phase (e.g., the first 30 days) and less frequently thereafter. A capture threshold search would begin at a desired starting point (either a high output level or the level at which capture is currently occurring) and continue by decreasing the output level until capture is lost. The output level is then increased again until capture is regained. The lowest output level at which sustained capture is regained is known as the capture threshold. Thereafter, the stimulation output is adjusted to a level equal to the capture threshold plus a working margin.
The microcontroller 60 is further coupled to a memory 94 by a suitable data/address bus 96, wherein the programmable operating parameters used by the microcontroller 60 are stored and modified, as required, in order to customize the operation of the stimulation device 10 to suit the needs of a particular patient. Such operating parameters define, for example, stimulation pulse amplitude, pulse duration, electrode polarity, rate, sensitivity, automatic features, arrhythmia detection criteria, and the amplitude, waveshape and vector of each stimulation pulse to be delivered to the patient's heart 12 within each respective tier of therapy.
Advantageously, the operating parameters of the stimulation device 10 may be non-invasively programmed into the memory 94 through a telemetry circuit 100 in telemetric communication with the external device 102, depicted in
External device 102 is shown, in this embodiment, to include a control system 103 for controlling the programming and testing the operation of the external device 102; a memory 105 for storing operational parameters or other data downloaded from stimulation device 10; a display 107 for displaying downloaded data or results of issued programming commands; and a user interface 109 for entering programming commands or requests to retrieve data stored in stimulation device 10.
The stimulation device 10 may further include a physiologic sensor 108, commonly referred to as a "rate-responsive" sensor because it is typically used to adjust stimulation rate according to the exercise state of the patient. However, the physiologic sensor 108 may further be used to detect changes in cardiac output, changes in the physiological condition of the heart, or diurnal changes in activity (e.g., detecting sleep and wake states). Accordingly, the microcontroller 60 responds by adjusting the various stimulation parameters (such as rate, AV Delay, V—V Delay, etc.) at which the atrial and ventricular pulse generators 70 and 72 generate stimulation pulses.
While the physiologic sensor 108 is shown as being contained within the stimulation device 10, it is to be understood that the physiologic sensor 108 may alternatively be external to the stimulation device 10, yet still be implanted within, or carried by the patient. Preferably, physiologic sensor 108 includes two or more sensors for detecting multiple signals related to the metabolic need of the patient. A common type of rate responsive sensor is an activity sensor, such as an accelerometer or a piezoelectric crystal, which is mounted within the housing 40 of the stimulation device 10.
Other types of physiologic sensors are also known, for example, sensors that sense the oxygen content of blood, respiration rate and/or minute ventilation, pressure, electrogram-based signals, pH of blood, temperature of blood etc. Any sensor may be used which is capable of sensing a physiological parameter that corresponds to the metabolic demand of the patient.
In one embodiment of the present invention, an activity sensor and a minute ventilation sensor are combined in physiologic sensor 108 to provide two signals for determining an appropriate rate response.
The stimulation device 10 additionally includes a power source such as a battery 110 that provides operating power to all the circuits shown in
As further illustrated in
If it is a function of the stimulation device 10 to operate as an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD) device, it must detect the occurrence of an arrhythmia, and automatically apply an appropriate electrical stimulation or shock therapy to the heart aimed at terminating the detected arrhythmia. To this end, the microcontroller 60 further controls a shocking circuit 116 by way of a control signal 118. The shocking circuit 116 generates shocking pulses of low (up to 0.5 Joules), moderate (0.5–10 Joules), or high (11 to 40 Joules) energy, as controlled by the microcontroller 60. Such shocking pulses are applied to the patient's heart through at least two shocking electrodes, and as shown in this embodiment, selected from the left atrial coil electrode 28, the RV coil electrode 36, and/or the SVC coil electrode 38 (
Cardioversion shocks are generally considered to be of low to moderate energy level (so as to minimize pain felt by the patient), and/or synchronized with an R-wave and/or pertaining to the treatment of tachycardia. Defibrillation shocks are generally of moderate to high energy level (i.e., corresponding to thresholds in the range of 5–40 Joules), delivered asynchronously (since R-waves may be too disorganized), and pertaining exclusively to the treatment of fibrillation. Accordingly, the microcontroller 60 is capable of controlling the synchronous or asynchronous delivery of the shocking pulses.
The method 300 shown in
As an illustration,
In device 10, when an activity sensor is combined with a minute ventilation sensor, the sensor indicated rate determined from the minute ventilation sensor during these periods of Cheyne-Stokes respiration will differ greatly from the sensor indicated rate determined from the activity sensor. This type of discrepancy in sensor indicated rates is illustrated in
The patient may be in a continuous state of low level activity as appropriately indicated by the activity sensor but the minute ventilation sensor falsely indicates a high metabolic need. If sensor indicated rates are determined during the apneic period following the hyperventilation, a low metabolic demand is indicated by the minute ventilation sensor indicated rate 430, while the activity sensor indicated rate 435 continues to indicate the same low level of activity. In a preferred embodiment, the sensor indicated rates are determined on a beat-to-beat basis.
The sensor cross check record provided by the present invention allows for discrepancies in sensor indicated rates, such as that illustrated in
The method 300 shown in
A base rate refers to a stimulation rate that is appropriate for maintaining the metabolic needs of the patient when he or she is alert but relatively inactive, for example 65 beats per minute. The maximum sensor rate is the maximum stimulation rate to be delivered by device 10 during periods of high metabolic demand. Preferably, the discrepancy threshold is on the order of half the difference between the maximum sensor rate and the base rate, as expressed by the following equation (1):
Discrepancy Threshold=0.5�(maximum sensor rate−base rate) (1)
At step 310, the microcontroller 60 calculates the sensor indicated rates from the signals received from each sensor included in physiologic sensor 108. At step 315, the difference between the sensor indicated rates are calculated and compared to the discrepancy threshold at decision step 320.
In the example of
If the difference between any two sensor indicated rates during the same beat is greater than the discrepancy threshold, the microcontroller 60 determines, at decision step 325 of
If the last determined sensor indicated rates exceeded the discrepancy threshold is determined at decision step 325 to exceed the discrepancy threshold, then the detected discrepancy is considered to be an ongoing discrepancy incident. A duration counter or timer is then incremented at step 335 to track the duration of this discrepancy.
After recording the time and sensor indicated rates or incrementing a discrepancy duration counter, method 300 continues to the next cycle for determining sensor indicated rates at step 350. The sensor indicated rates are preferably re-determined at step 310 from the sensor signals obtained from physiologic sensor 108 on a periodic base, such as every second, or on a beat count basis, such as every beat.
When the difference between the sensor indicated rates does not exceed the discrepancy threshold, as determined at decision step 320, method 300 proceeds to decision step 340 to determine if the duration counter is greater than zero. If the duration counter is greater than zero, the current detection of sensor indicated rates that differ by less than the discrepancy threshold marks the end of a discrepancy incident. Therefore, at step 345, the value of the duration counter is stored as the discrepancy duration, and the duration counter is reset to zero. Method 300 then proceeds to step 350 where it continues to the next cycle of re-determining the sensor indicated rates at step 310.
If, however, the duration counter is not greater than zero at decision step 340, then method 300 proceeds directly to step 350 to continue monitoring for sensor indicated rate discrepancies during the next cycle of sensor indicated rate determinations. In this way, the time and duration of sensor indicated rate discrepancies and the sensor indicated rates are recorded in a sensor cross-check record located in memory 94.
The contents of the sensor cross-check record may be downloaded to an external device 102 for display and further analysis by a clinician. By observing an event record of sensor indicated rate discrepancies, the clinician may monitor abnormal patient conditions, such as Cheyne-Stokes respiration, or may recognize abnormal function of the sensors included in physiologic sensor 108 that requires replacement of the sensors or reprogramming of control parameters.
Furthermore, the clinician may use the sensor cross-check record exclusively as a monitoring tool without enabling the rate response capabilities of the device 10. This allows analysis of deviations in sensor indicated rates to be performed without affecting the stimulation rate in a potentially undesirable way.
In one embodiment, the time, duration, frequency, and discrepancy data detected during the operation of method 300 may be used by device 10 to automatically determine an appropriate rate response action. For example, if the minute ventilation sensor indicated rate is determined to be high and the activity sensor indicated rate is determined to be low and the time of the discrepancy is known to be night time, the incident is classified as a Cheyne-Stokes respiration episode and no stimulation rate adjustment is made. An increased heart rate is not needed because there is not a real increase in metabolic demand.
Conversely, if an activity sensor indicated rate is high and a minute ventilation sensor indicated rate is low and the duration of this discrepancy is continuous, the activity sensor is likely to be functioning inappropriately. Therefore, stimulation rate adjustments based on the activity sensor are disabled and a warning message is generated to be displayed to a clinician the next time data is downloaded to an external device 102.
However, short bouts of high activity and low minute ventilation sensor indicated rates, occurring at different times of the day, can be classified as relevant episodes of exertion. The stimulation rate can be appropriately adjusted according to the activity sensor indicated rate.
When the physiologic sensor 108 comprises multiple sensors, for example three sensors, if one sensor indicated rate deviates from the other two sensor indicated rates, the rate response may be based on the two sensor indicated rates that are in agreement.
For example, physiologic sensor 108 may include a minute ventilation sensor, a temperature sensor and an activity sensor. If the patient is sitting in a hot tub, the temperature sensor indicated rate will be high, but the activity sensor indicated rate will be low. The minute ventilation sensor indicated rate will also be relatively low. Therefore, the stimulation rate adjustment will be based on the two sensor indicated rates, activity and minute ventilation, which are in agreement and ignore the third.
As another example, if a patient is riding on a stationary bicycle, the minute ventilation sensor indicated rate will be high, the temperature sensor indicated rate will be high, but the activity sensor indicated rate may be relatively low. In this situation, the rate response will be based on the minute ventilation and temperature sensor indicated rates.
Method 500 begins at step 505 by initializing a set of histogram bins designated in the memory 94 for each sensor included in physiologic sensor 108 that will be used for determining a sensor indicated rate. Each set of histogram bins contains a bin assigned to a rate difference that will represent the difference between two sensor indicated rates.
Therefore, a maximum difference of 60 beats per minute is possible between two sensor indicated rates. Assuming the rate resolution of the stimulation device 10 is 5 beats per minute, twelve histogram bins are assigned to each of sensor A histogram 550 and sensor B histogram 560. In these histograms 550, 560, one bin is assigned for each 5 beats per minute of difference between the two sensor indicated rates.
At step 510 of method 500 (
If a difference greater than zero is found at decision step 520, microcontroller 60 determines if the sensor indicated rate from sensor A is greater than the sensor indicated rate from sensor B at decision step 525. If the sensor indicated rate from sensor A is greater, a histogram bin assigned to sensor A is increased by one count at step 525. The sensor A histogram bin corresponding to the rate difference calculated at step 515 will be increased.
If, however, the sensor indicated rate from sensor A is not greater than the sensor indicated rate from sensor B at decision step 525, the histogram bin assigned to sensor B and corresponding to the rate difference calculated at step 515 is increased by one count at step 535. After the appropriate histogram bin is increased, the method 500 continues to step 540 where it will continue to the next cycle when the sensor indicated rates are re-determined at step 510.
The contents of the sensor cross-check histogram may be downloaded to an external device 102 to be displayed and analyzed further by a clinician. Histogram data may be displayed as a frequency distribution plot such as the sample results illustrated in
As shown in
The situation illustrated in
Thus, a system and method for monitoring sensor indicated rate discrepancies has been described. A sensor cross check record provides a record of the time and duration of sensor indicated rate discrepancies such that the cause of such discrepancies, for example an abnormal patient condition, may be better understood and monitored. A sensor cross check histogram provides a record of the frequency and distribution of sensor indicated rate differences such that an abnormal patient condition, abnormal sensor function, or suboptimal sensor programming may be recognized. These features provide a physician with useful tools for monitoring a patient condition and for optimizing the rate responsive function of a stimulation device such that the goal of restoring normal sinus rhythm with varying levels of metabolic demand may be better achieved.
While detailed descriptions of specific embodiments of the present invention have been provided, it would be apparent to those reasonably skilled in the art that numerous variations of the methods described herein are possible in which the concepts of the present invention may readily be applied. The descriptions provided herein are for the sake of illustration and are not intended to be exclusive.
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